Winter Break Vocabulary

2. A form of government that divides the powers of the government between the national (federal) government and state and local governments
8. Organized life outside the state
10. A form of government in which people elect representatives to rule in their interest
11. A system of electoral representation in which seats in the legislative body are allocated to parties within multimember constituencies, roughly in proportion to the votes in each party receives in a popular election
13. Career-minded bureaucrats who administer public policy according to a technical rather than a political rationale
16. It is a system where supply and prices are regulated by the government. An economy that is planned and controlled by the central government
17. 1 house or chamber legislature
19. Transparent governments operate openly
20. Symbolic face of country

1. Day to day policy choices
3. A citizen’s capacity to understand and influence political events
4. A system of government in which the most important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives
5. The political channels through which people’s concerns become political issues on the policy
6. A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch to prevent any one branch from having too much power
7. 2 house or chamber legislature
9. A political system consisting of major parties, more or less equal in power
12. Process by which background traits influence one’s political views (Agents: Family, Religion, Teachers, Peers, Media, Community, etc.)
14. Direct participation of citizens in democratic decision making based on the sovereignty of the people
15. A form of government that gives all key powers to the national or central government
18. A situation in which the laws of the country are obeyed by everyone. The courts uphold the rule of law.